Jiri Kylian, associated artist

It is possible to see Bella Figura as a series of tableaux which are as beautiful as they are enigmatic...

A sequencing of trios and duos with men and women, in which the entire palette of loving relationships is played out...


The evocative corps à corps of two women reinventing, gesture by gesture, the very idea of sensuality…

A tender, cruel parable about the voluntary slavery of a couple whose every member becomes, one after the other, a tamed animal walking alongside the other...

But, as the choreographer himself has emphasised, these sumptuous images are also expressions of a reality sublimated by the art of representation.

A show within a show, offered up by those whose job is it, come what may, to “look good”…

This labyrinth of the heart explores the endless chain of human feelings, the subtle nuances of their arrangements and their infinite combinations.

Over this ballet, there hovers the mystery of an afterlife, symbolically represented by a cube of endless light.

Duos, trios and other figures evoke the countless sensorial combinations which mean that each individual is a unique, mysterious being...

27'52''

In the very title – which simply reproduces the length of the piece – rhythm and space are united in the same movement. 
In the score, specially composed by the musician Dirk Haubrich, there can be found the sensual, pared-back dancing, which is the choreographer’s signature.

Jiří Kylián uses virtually cinematographic effects, while playing with shadows and his performers...

The duo becomes a fusion, skin against skin, in an amorous rush. The couple of dancers wrap themselves up in one other, as if they had forgotten the surrounding theatre and life.